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January 13, 2023
After an extended break, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns for its first mixed
martial arts event of the year.
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After an injury to Kelvin
Gastelum, the makeshift main event for
UFC Fight Night 217 is a light heavyweight bout between
Sean
Strickland and Nassourdine
Imavov. While the marquee fighters didn’t have any issue making
weight, with Strickland coming in at 204 pounds and Imavov at 194,
there was still some drama during the weigh-in proceedings.
Sijara
Eubanks‘ flyweight bout against Priscila
Cachoeira was canceled after Eubanks pulled out due to “weight
management issues.”
Strickland (25-5) is headlining his second Fight Night event in a
row, and will hope this time it goes better than his split decision
defeat to Jared
Cannonier last time out. “Tarzan” has lost two straight fights,
which snapped his impressive six-fight win streak. Prior to the
setbacks, Strickland was coming off five-round wins over Jack
Hermansson and Uriah
Hall.
This marks the first UFC main event for Imavov (12-3). Currently
riding a three-fight win streak, Imavov recently recorded TKO wins
over Ian
Heinisch and Edmen
Shahbazyan before defeating Joaquin
Buckley via decision. Imavov’s only loss in his Octagon run is
by majority decision to Phil
Hawes.
UFC Fight Night 217 will air in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday.
Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT while the main card kicks off
at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 217 Weigh-in Results:
Nassourdine
Imavov (194) vs. Sean
Strickland (204)
Dan Ige
(145.5) vs. Damon
Jackson (145.5)
Roman
Kopylov (185) vs. Punahele
Soriano (185.5)
Raquel
Pennington (135.5) vs. Ketlen
Vieira (136)
Raoni
Barcelos (135) vs. Umar
Nurmagomedov (135)
Abdul
Razak Alhassan (185.5) vs. Claudio
Ribeiro (183)
Nick
Fiore (155) vs. Mateusz
Rebecki (155.5)
Javid
Basharat (136) vs. Mateus
Mendonca (134.5)
Carlos
Hernandez (125) vs. Allan
Nascimento (125.5)
Nick
Aguirre (145.5) vs. Dan Argueta
(146)
Jimmy
Flick (126) vs. Charles
Johnson (126)
Priscila
Cachoeira (126) vs. Sijara
Eubanks (N/A)*
* Eubanks did not weigh in and the fight has been canceled.